Every little thing we Took from Attending Full Stack Europe 2022

As we begin a brand new yr we’re reflecting on among the occasions from 2022, a type of being Full Stack Europe in Antwerp, right here’s what they discovered and why they imagine attending conferences has big advantages for workers.

Each October (effectively with out COVID-19) Full Stack Europe takes place in Antwerp, Belgium bringing collectively a whole bunch of builders from all over the world. 

The occasion is made up of two full days of talks from among the main builders and engineers within the trade. 

This yr we despatched 3 of our very personal builders to seek out out as a lot data as they might about numerous completely different matters from quantum computing to CSS. 

We’re dedicated to making sure our groups are capable of continually develop their data and recognise that this isn’t at all times by finishing a web-based course or watching a video on-line. 

So when Joel, our Full Stack Developer entered and received 2 tickets by a twitter competition, we bought one other and despatched Joel, James, Senior UX Developer and Ben, Senior Developer on their method to their first ever Full Stack Europe. 

We spoke to them on their return and right here’s what they needed to say..

Which was your favorite speak from the occasion?

James: “For me, my favorite speak was on Day 1 from Belgian artist Dries Depoorter on Surveillance Artwork, Dying Telephones and Pretend Likes. It’s because it was participating, it was very humorous and ingenious. The mix of {hardware} and software program with the unique concepts made it extremely spectacular but additionally fairly scary because it highlighted prospects with trendy tech.”

Ben: “I agree with James, for me my favorite speak was from Dries Depoorter. It was fascinating to find out about among the work he’s finished this yr.”

Joel: “Though Surveillance Artwork was an important speak, for me mine was the speak on Superior Git Magic from Pauline Vos, it actually gave me some meals for considered our present processes at Adzooma round model management, visibility and debugging in case one thing goes mistaken.

What had been your greatest takeaways from FSE?

James: “There’s loads of key takeaways I may listing however to encapsulate them into one, it lets you attempt to open up your thoughts and contribute in the direction of being all spherical engineer reasonably than only a succesful developer.”

Ben: “Personally, I felt like FSE gave us lots that we will incorporate into our day-to-day growth, documentation and tradition and made me take into consideration how it’s our accountability to cross that data on as effectively as doable.

Joel: “My greatest takeaway was studying that it needs to be okay to problem the choice making processes with regards to new function requests and that truly we’re not alone, as a growth crew, the place we’re juggling upkeep of a legacy platform, seeking to enhance it and construct new options for our customers.

What had been the principle advantages from FSE?

Joel: “Surprisingly you don’t actually assume earlier than the occasion about how a lot downtime you’ve gotten and it was actually nice for sparking conversations about Adzooma such because the technical path Adzooma is headed and the issues we have to do to get the place we wish to be in 1, 2 or 3 years.”

James: “Yeah, I agree with Joel on that, this was an enormous one and I feel the change of surroundings and completely different tradition and environment added to it, we had loads of time for discussions to movement and primarily realised we’re all on the identical web page with loads of issues.

Joel: “One other profit for me was that the convention specifically was very broad, it wasn’t simply technical but additionally checked out smooth expertise, like how builders and designers can work together with their customers to higher perceive their wants and use these to develop higher options or enhancements to a product.

How do you are feeling attending a convention differs from studying the data on-line?

James: “For me, it’s that completely different method of studying and as we stated beforehand, it offers you downtime to essentially spark some significant conversations together with your friends reasonably than whenever you do a web-based course alone as it may be fairly isolating. 

It additionally offers you an entire listing of latest individuals to observe on social media, individuals who you’ll be able to proceed to be taught from and construct connections with.”

Lastly, how does it make you are feeling that you simply’re capable of attend these conferences by the enterprise? 

Ben: “It’s nice, as an worker, it’s inspiring and makes you are feeling invested in by the enterprise. I personally assume it’s a very engaging perk to have the ability to supply.

All in all, it seems like our crew had a good time at FSE, we’re wanting ahead to seeing how they’re capable of implement what they discovered throughout the crew and their basic daily.